Manager, Analytics Delivery
At the NSW Department of Education, we educate and inspire lifelong learners – from early childhood, through schooling to vocational education and training.
- Ongoing / Permanent
- Location: Parramatta with flexible working arrangements
- Salary starts from $154,231 to $178,369 + Super + flex leaves
About the role
Are you an experienced delivery leader who can turn strategy into successful data and analytics outcomes? We are seeking a collaborative and commercially minded Manager, Analytics Delivery to lead the end-to-end delivery of data products, analytics solutions, and strategic initiatives that deliver measurable business value.
In this role, you will combine strong project and program management capabilities with stakeholder leadership to drive the successful delivery of complex, cross-functional data initiatives.
You will lead multidisciplinary teams, influence senior stakeholders, remove delivery barriers, and ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned with organisational priorities.
For further information please click here to view the role description
About you -
You are a proactive and autonomous delivery leader who thrives in complex environments. You can confidently influence without direct authority, negotiate priorities across multiple stakeholders, and translate technical delivery into meaningful business outcomes.
The right candidate will have:
- Proven leadership of multidisciplinary teams spanning data engineering, analytics, visualisation, testing, architecture, and business stakeholders to drive end-to-end data product delivery
- Track record of leading enterprise-wide data, analytics, business intelligence, or digital transformation projects, ensuring alignment with strategic business outcomes
- Working knowledge of Azure Data Lake platform, SQL Data Warehouse, Power BI, and Microsoft Fabric, including data ingestion, storage, and visualisation capabilities
- Strong understanding of data governance frameworks, master data management, and compliance requirements to ensure secure, high-quality analytics solutions
- Experience in risk management within Agile data analytics environments, with the ability to identify and mitigate delivery impediments proactively
- Solid knowledge of dimensional modelling and solution architecture principles
- Hands-on familiarity with release planning and management processes, collaborating closely with Release Engineers to ensure smooth deployment cycles
- Strong capability to influence and engage senior stakeholders, facilitate collaboration, and negotiate priorities across competing demands
- Comprehensive knowledge of project and program management methodologies, including PMBOK/PMP, Agile, Scrum, and hybrid approaches, to govern delivery frameworks effectively
- Experience managing project governance artefacts such as RAID registers, delivery roadmaps, benefits realisation tracking, financial management, and executive reporting
- Advanced commercial acumen managing budgets, forecasting, vendor contracts, and performance to deliver value within financial constraints
- Excellent communication skills to articulate strategic impacts, delivery risks, and business value clearly to both technical teams and executives
- Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools such as Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Azure DevOps, Jira, and Confluence
- Demonstrated ability to foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and delivery excellence across teams
- Knowledge of and commitment to implementing the Department’s Aboriginal Education Policy and upholding the Department’s Partnership Agreement with the NSW AECG and to ensure quality outcomes for Aboriginal people.
Essential requirements of the role
- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline and/or equivalent industry experience.
- Certification in project management (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, Agile Certified Practitioner).
- A valid working with children checks.
- Demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the value of public education.
Benefits
- Flexible working arrangements
- 35 hour working week
- Competitive, salary sacrificing, employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading
- Flex Leave entitlements, generous holidays & leave conditions
- Opportunities for advancement and mobility across the Department to support your career growth
How to apply
Attach a resume (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements and capabilities of this role and answering the targeted questions below
Targeted question 1 - Can you describe a recent project where you led a multidisciplinary team (including data engineering, analytics, and business stakeholders) to successfully deliver a complex data product using Microsoft Azure, Power BI, SQL Data Warehouse or similar tools/ technologies? Please outline your approach to managing release planning, risk, and stakeholder engagement. (400 words)
Targeted question 2 - What strategies have you used to coordinate multiple concurrent analytics deliveries in a large, complex organisation with competing priorities? How did you ensure clear visibility of progress, manage risks, and maintain quality outcomes across your delivery teams? (400 words)
Applicants are encouraged to prepare their application materials independently. The selection panel values authentic and personally written responses that reflect your own experience, insights and alignment with the Department’s values and priorities.
Please refer to the Applicant’s Guide to Applying to assist you with your application.
If you are an existing Education Support Staff (corporate staff) with the NSW Department of Education,
All other applicants please submit your application by clicking ‘Apply Now’.
Note: the selection process will include a range of assessment techniques to assist in determining your suitability for the role. Successful candidates will be required to undertake pre-employment screening for this role which includes a National Criminal History Check.
This is a child-related role. As a condition of employment you will be required to provide a valid Working with Children Check (WWCC) Clearance number (for paid employment). Visit the website for more information.
Candidates must have Australian work rights (citizens, permanent residents, New Zealand citizens or a valid work visa). Ongoing (permanent) roles are open to Australian citizens and permanent residents and New Zealand citizens, while temporary roles welcome applicants with a visa.
Closing date Tuesday 4th August 2026 at 11:59pm.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.
A recruitment pool may be created through this recruitment process. A recruitment pool is a group of applicants who have been assessed and identified as suitable for this role, and who may be considered for a range of similar roles, including temporary, term or ongoing roles, over the next 18 months.
